What is the Greatest Common Factor of 32198 and 32204?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 32198 and 32204 is 2.

GCF(32198,32204) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 32198 and 32204, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 32198 and 32204.

How to find the GCF of 32198 and 32204?

We will first find the prime factorization of 32198 and 32204. After we will calculate the factors of 32198 and 32204 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 32198

Prime factors of 32198 are 2, 17, 947. Prime factorization of 32198 in exponential form is:

32198 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 947¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 32204

Prime factors of 32204 are 2, 83, 97. Prime factorization of 32204 in exponential form is:

32204 = 2² × 83¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 32198

List of positive integer factors of 32198 that divides 32198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 947, 1894, 16099

Step-4: Factors of 32204

List of positive integer factors of 32204 that divides 32198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 83, 97, 166, 194, 332, 388, 8051, 16102

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 32198 and 32204. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 32198 and 32204 is 2.

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